Was QE1 the mother of Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford and whom some say was the man behind Shakepeare's pen?
In the book Oxford: Son of Queen Elizabeth I by Paul Streitz, he hypothesizes that Oxford was the son of Queen Elizabeth I, born in July 1548 at Cheshunt, England. This theory asserts that Princess Elizabeth, then fourteen years old, had a child by her stepfather, Thomas Seymour, and that the child of this affair was secretly placed in the home of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, and raised as Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. It is well acknowledged that Princess Elizabeth and Seymour had a romantic involvement. Most historians do not believe that this youthful romance resulted in pregnancy, but Seymour's misbehavior with the princess was a factor in his being beheaded for treason in 1549.
Apparently, there are no christening records to indicate the birth of an Edward de Vere. But his education was overseen by people in high places. And when he became a ward of the Crown, after his father's death, the wardship was not sold on by the Crown for cash, even though that was the practice.
This meant Queen Elizabeth had the right to determine who Oxford would marry. Streitz further argues that Oxford clearly knew of his origins and reflected them in works such as Hamlet and the Sonnets.
Sounds a little weak to me.....
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